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Patrick McGeehan, NYT: A Bikes-Only Parking Lot in Midtown?

by Jon on July 1, 2008

Patrick McGeehanof the Times City Room Blogreports thatA few business executives have dreamed up a private-sector solution to the problem of secure bicycle parking in New York: the city's first bikes-only parking lot. They have a space on West 33rd Street. All they need is a corporation willing to pay as much as $200,000 a [...]

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New York City receives larger DHS grant for subway security

by Jon on March 6, 2008

Jen Chung at Gothamist and Al Baker of the Times have good coverage of the new, much-increased Department of Homeland Security grant to provide security for New York City subways, including the 16 underwater tunnels that link the boroughs to each other, and to the mainland (the Bronx, of course, is actually on the mainland). [...]

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Solar Boats – up to 60 passengers and 11 knots in Europe; NYC ferry service suspended

by Jon on January 4, 2008

The Swiss Firm MW Line makes solar boats that are ferrying people around lakes and rivers in Switzerland, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The only backup power, apparently, is on-shore charging from the grid. They're also the shipbuilder for the PlanetSolar project which plans to have a solar-only craft in the water ready for [...]

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